Two charming robins stopped by the studio for an early afternoon visit. They lured me from my writing, and the cat from her nap. We were both grateful.
Two robins in a snowy tree
“Little Robin Redbreast/Came to visit me/This is what he whistled/Thank you for my tea.”
Ohio Sunset. 7 February.
I snapped this photo with my phone camera, out of the window of a fast-moving car. The colours–turquoise, orange, pink– were incredibly vivid in person.
Serene Reflections
This is my entry in the Weekly Photo Challenge: Serenity.
[Insert your favourite literary quote about snow here]
Snowy Tree
It’s way too early for me to be inspired by cold weather or its accoutrements.
A June day.
Stifling, high heat. Where: a few miles off a highway in Kentucky. Me: a fair-skinned person who left her hat in the car. Unsuitable adornments: a long skirt, heavier than the weather warranted, a v-neck tee, and sandals with wedge heels. Italian leather, well-cushioned. Made for sustained walking excursions, albeit safe, flat city ones.
I went rogue.
Half a mile up the side of a steep hill, through a woodsy trail. Climbing, up up up, like a pack mule. Sweat-drenched. Determined. For what? A panicky attack of vertigo, and a stunning view of a river I’d only read about earlier that day.
This view, this river:
Kentucky/river: worth it. A photograph I snapped using a single hand, buckling knees, and averted eyes. June 2014.
A flushed face, drenched shirt, and fear-of-heights induced inability to stand up straight? A small price to pay, all for one decent photo and a story that later made my grandma laugh (thanks, mom!).
This is my entry in the Weekly Photo Challenge: Achievement.
At the First Touch of Winter, Summer Fades Away by Valentine Cameron Prinsep, circa 1897
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”-Albert Camus
A tiny autumn leaf resting atop a lantern on our front porch.
Eden Park, Black and White
Chipmunk at Eden Park
A white squirrel, as seen from our upstairs bathroom window:
White Squirrel
It loves frolicking in our solitary backyard tree.
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